MMA staff member Sister Sally Condart and former trustee Sister Kathleen Lyons were honored on Mercy Day at St. John the Evangelist School in Hapeville, Georgia. Both women served as school leaders. Sister Sally Condart, a former principal, and Sister Kathleen Lyons, a former teacher and parish administrator, were guests of the school community on November 18, as it celebrated the Sisters of Mercy legacy.
Sisters of Mercy staffed St. John the Evangelist School from its opening in 1954 until 1997. A convent on parish grounds at one time was home to as many as eight women religious, with several teaching in the school.
As part of a new enrichment building completed in August, an anonymous donor dedicated an area as the Mercy Conference Room to recognize the contributions of the Sisters of Mercy.
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